Characterization of recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) – impact of proportion of virgin and recycled PET on mechanical strength

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Characterization of recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) – impact of proportion of virgin and recycled PET on mechanical strength

NGUYEN Thanh-Tung, LUO Yun-Mei, CHEVALIER Luc, LESUEUR François, DERRIEN Mikael

Abstract. Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is a standard plastic with the highest consumption in the food packaging industry. The large amount of bottles produced makes imperative the search for the recycled PET (rPET). However, the recycling procedure generates the modifications of the mechanical, thermal and optical properties from virgin PET to recycled one. In this study, Digital Image Correlation method associated to numerical simulation is used to identify the mechanical properties of the bottles. The effects of various recycled PET ratios on the mechanical properties of bottles are discussed.

Keywords
Recycled PET, Characterization, Mechanical Strength, Bi-Axial Test

Published online 4/24/2024, 11 pages
Copyright © 2024 by the author(s)
Published under license by Materials Research Forum LLC., Millersville PA, USA

Citation: NGUYEN Thanh-Tung, LUO Yun-Mei, CHEVALIER Luc, LESUEUR François, DERRIEN Mikael, Characterization of recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) – impact of proportion of virgin and recycled PET on mechanical strength, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 41, pp 2617-2627, 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644903131-287

The article was published as article 287 of the book Material Forming

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